And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was 96 points higher. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up 30 points, while the SP 500 is flat. And the Australian dollar is worth 105 US th

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年

A: 欢迎大家来到这期的美语训练班! 我是小北! B: 我是Mike! What are we going to teach today, Xiaobei? A: 今天,我们要和大家聊聊买车,还要告诉你怎么说陷入停顿。 B: But first, let's learn a word! Learn A Word

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 美语训练班

Sometimes, it works and sometimes it doesn't. In the above dialog, it broke things loose and got the talks moving again. In the second dialog, Beth is trying to buy computer chips for use in Taiwan. 有时,这人技巧很有用,但有时则不然。在上面的对话中

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 谈判英语

Bush Criticized on Middle East Policy Paula Wolfson White House 12 Aug 2001 19:45 UTC The Bush administration is rejecting 1)criticism of its Middle East policy. Some Arab leaders say the Bush adminis

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2001-国际风云(4)

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's safety watchdog said Monday it will no longer approve new coal mines that do not meet production capacity requirements in 2013 in order to ensure work safety. High-gas coal mines with an annual production of less

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. After a five-week break Saddam Hussein's trial for alleged crimes against humanity resumes in a heavily guarded courtroom and then is postponed until December. 2. A basketball-size piece of marble

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2005

U.S. job growth ground to a halt in August as government layoffs erased meager gains in the private sector. The Labor Department says American businesses added only 17,000 jobs last month, far short of the 100,000 jobs analysts were expecting. To mak

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

RAMALLAH, March 17 (Xinhua) -- One Palestinian official said Sunday that they are more despaired after U.S. President Barack Obama said that he would not present a new Mideast peace initiative or request Israel to halt settlement activities in the Pa

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. President Barack Obama signed orders earlier today to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The prison camp will be closed within a year. Obama also said the United States will not torture terror suspects. 2. Tragedy on the streets of New Yo

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月

AS IT IS 2015-08-05 Bangkok Could Soon Be Underwater 曼谷在不久的未来将被淹没 The Italian city of Venice and the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana are slowly sinking. 意大利威尼斯市,美国新奥尔良市和路易斯安那正在

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Unit4 Sorry to hear that 第四节听到那样真令人难过 A foreign visitor touring the great American West came across an Indian with his ear pressed to the ground. 一位外国游客到美国大西部游览,碰到一个印第安人把耳朵紧贴

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 经典双语笑话

How to get lucky in life 好运气的敲门砖 Focus on the Positive 保持积极的心态 The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself. Douglas MacArthur An unfortunate thing that happened to me: Last week, my car engine died on the road g

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening

Hello, I'm Nammua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta, and here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We begin with a possible deal to halt Russia's military action against Georgia. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is agreeing to ceasefir

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(八)月

HEALTH REPORT - Nations Are Urged to Do More Against Risk of Avian Flu By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 I'm Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Heal

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 健康与经济

Israel Expands Raids in Gaza and West Bank 以色列展开对加沙和西岸的搜捕 Israeli helicopters fired missiles at buildings used by Palestinian militants in the Gaza strip. The army went int

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--国政军事聚焦

今天我们要学的词是glitch。 Glitch是小的故障或是瑕疵。A technical glitch, 是指技术上的故障,a security glitch, 是指安全方面的漏洞。The developers postponed the release of the new software due to a technical glitc

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

今天我们要学的词是provocative。Provocative形容词,意思是挑衅的、刺激的。The UN Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's highly provocative launch of a missile that flew over Japan and demanded that Pyongyang immediat

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

A European Union embargo on Iranian oil that takes effect Sunday is the latest move in an international effort to force Tehran to halt its disputed nuclear program. The EU and the United States want Iran to end development work that they say is inten

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

LESSON 43 The prince and the prisoners 第四十三课 王子和囚犯 There was once a prince who now and then paid a visit to the chief prison in the land over which he ruled. 曾经有一位王子,他时不时去视察辖地内的主要监狱。

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英国语文第二册

13. The train has to stop for a while for there is something wrong with it. 火车出了点故障,因此暂停片刻。 还能这样说: The train has to pause because the train has broken down. Since the train has been out of order, it needs to

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 情景会话口袋书人际篇